The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Twin Cities Area
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown